Oh, beloved Parvathi! Listen! That complete wholeness, that single vastu that is known,is formless, like space,and pervaded all creation within and without. Those who are immerseddeeply in that Supreme Bliss, become themselves verily that Supreme Bliss. Aha! See howwonderful is this!

The out-going mind, ramified and wandering after various things, when deprived of things to hold on to, of its own accord ceasing to cling on to anything, becomes still,'quiescent and gains repose in the same way the fire starved of fuel, with flames abating,gradually gets extinguished.

Therefore, the various states (experiences) that overtake and engulfus like infatuation on perceiving an object of desire,and the consequentdelusion, swooning caused by shock and dreaming, along with sleepenveloped in darkness, and wakeful state and others that are spokenof, all must be relinquished. Know this.

Know that one who meditates that the Chit that shines as the single light ofAwareness is different from Prana (the vital breath) and the inner organs likemind, intellect, and ego that have somehow very subtly attached themselvesto the gross body, will become established in that Chit.

The mind, during Sadhana, often strays due to sleepand diverse thoughts (in dream and jagrat) becomesincreasingly befooled for want of discrimination and its well being routed, comes to ruin. Instructing the mindthat inherence in the Self alone can provide peace andcomfort, preventing it (from going to sleep) from dartingoutward, establish it with effort in the Self. Persevererelentlessly and again and again poise the mind in the Self.

When the mind becomes steady and firm (motionless, simply the form of Awareness),it should not be disturbed in any way. There is no need to think of anything else.Even the slightest of doubts that may arise must not be entertained. Thus firmlycontrolled, and bound, the mind must be fixed in its origin, the Self, and must beallowed to remain still and at rest.

The mind, moving away from its natural and true support, clings on to objectsof the five senses as supports which cause bondage.One must remove allexternal supports and attachments that the mind leans onto. Make the mindthat wanders after and attaches itself to supports other than itself, motionless\and once stilled and fixed, do not disturb it on any account.

At the time of dissolution, when all the other elementsof creation get dissolved, the ether that had pervaded all these elementsremains pure, and unsullied by them. Likewise, the Self, though pervading countlessforms in creation, is undefiled thereby by any of the blemishes in them. Meditate on that incomparable Self (having gained that peace as mentionedin the previous verse).